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James McDonald 1836 – 1906 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Oct 1836

Birth Location: Cromdale, Inverness Scotland

Death Date: 4 Dec 1906

Death Location: Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Father: Donald McDonald

Mother: Marcella McDonald

Spouse(s): Sarah Bird

Children(s): Emily McDonald

James McDonald was born in Cromdale, Inverness Scotland in 1836, to Donald McDonald and Marcella Marjory McDonald. Later in life, James McDonald married Sarah Ann Bird; among their children were Emily Emelina Anne McDonald. James McDonald died in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1906.

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Parents

Donald McDonald
1801 – 1884
Birth Location: Port-a-Bhata, Isle of Shona, Scotland
DM
Marcella McDonald
1811 – 1894
Birth Location: Appin, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Bird
1836 – 1894
Birth Location: Idle, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Emily McDonald
1864 – 1952
Birth Location: Seymour, Victoria, Australia
EM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Oct 1836
    Event Place: Cromdale, Inverness Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884, Ancestry Family Tree, Nominal registers of the hiring and disposal of immigrants with details of marital state, age, children, trade, employer, wages and term of employment.; Film: SLTX/AO/MB/143; Series: CB7/16/1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 26 Oct 1836
    Event Place: Cromdale and Inverallan and Advie, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 26 Aug 1854
    Event Place: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
    Record Source: Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884, Nominal registers of the hiring and disposal of immigrants with details of marital state, age, children, trade, employer, wages and term of employment.; Film: SLTX/AO/MB/143; Series: CB7/16/1

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 4 Dec 1906
    Event Place: Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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